Month: March 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Italy calls in retired doctors to help fight virus
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ROME: Italy on Saturday (Mar 7) began recruiting retired doctors as part of urgent efforts to bolster the healthcare system with 20,000 additional staff and fight the escalating viral epidemic. The measure was one of several adopted by the government during an all-night cabinet meeting that came after the Mediterranean country reported 49 more deaths.
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Coronavirus cases rise in UAE, Kuwait and Qatar: Ministries
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DUBAI: The number of coronavirus cases in the United Arab Emirates has risen to 45 from 30, the Health Ministry said on Saturday (Mar 7). Kuwait recorded three new cases of coronavirus, bringing its infection tally to 61, while Qatar reported its 12th case, the health ministries in the two countries said on Saturday. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
South Korea’s coronavirus cases climb above 7,000, most cases traced to church
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SEOUL: South Korea’s coronavirus cases jumped above 7,000 on Saturday (Mar 7), up by 448 from the previous day, with more than half of the total number linked to a secretive church at the centre of the country’s outbreak, health authorities said. The death toll rose by two to 46, according to the Korea Centers for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Americans quarantined in Bethlehem hotel in coronavirus scare: Palestinian official
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Fifteen Americans have been quarantined in a hotel in Bethlehem as part of precautions against the coronavirus, a Palestinian government spokesman said on Saturday (Mar 7). The city in the occupied West Bank has been in lock down since cases of the virus were recorded there on Thursday. Advertisement Advertisement READ: Friday prayers
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
China reports 28 COVID-19 deaths, rise in new infections originating from abroad
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BEIJING: China on Saturday (Mar 7) reported 28 new deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, bringing the nationwide toll to 3,070. The central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 28 new deaths. In the provincial capital of Wuhan, 21 people died. Advertisement Advertisement Mainland China had 99 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Philippines records first community transmission of coronavirus, now has 6 cases
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MANILA: The Philippines said on Saturday (Mar 7) it had confirmed its first case of community transmission for the new coronavirus, prompting health ministry officials to call on the president to declare a public health emergency to contain its spread. The case involves a 62-year-old male Filipino who had not travelled abroad recently. Advertisement Advertisement READ: 2
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Sea of meth as Myanmar army smashes three drug labs
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KAWANGHKA, Myanmar: Sacks of heroin and methamphetamine are laid out in endless rows in a remote Myanmar border zone during a rare raid in the heart of Southeast Asia’s infamous “Golden Triangle”. The seizure in one of the world’s biggest narcotics-producing regions put three major laboratories out of business this week and hauled in 43 million
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Two apartment buildings in South Korea quarantined over COVID-19
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SEOUL: Two South Korean apartment buildings heavily occupied by members of a sect linked to most of the country’s coronavirus cases have been quarantined after dozens of residents tested positive for the disease, an official said Saturday (Mar 7). The move comes as the country, which has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
‘Evolving like Pokemon’, Hong Kong women step up to protest frontlines
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HONG KONG: University student, “A”, says she used to be a “typical girl” who liked to shop, drink bubble tea and watch Korean soap operas but all that changed as Hong Kong’s anti-government protests gained momentum and she stepped up to take a place in the frontlines. She is now charged with rioting, an offence which
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Cancer patient aboard coronavirus-stalled cruise faces possible chemotherapy delay
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LOS ANGELES: Among the 2,400 passengers stranded off the California coast on a cruise ship carrying at least 21 people infected with coronavirus, few people aboard likely have more to lose than Kari Kolstoe, a retiree from North Dakota with stage-4 cancer. Kolstoe, 60, said she and her husband, Paul, 61, had looked forward to
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
China COVID-19 fight sparks outcry over female frontline staff
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BEIJING: China’s fight against the coronavirus epidemic has triggered anger over the neglect of frontline female workers who have struggled to access menstrual products, battled with ill-fitting equipment and had their heads shaved. Reports that some medical staff were given birth control pills in order to delay their periods have also prompted outrage. Advertisement Advertisement As
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Australia toilet paper tussle sparks call for calm
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SYDNEY: A fight over toilet paper in an Australian supermarket on Saturday (Mar 7) prompted police to call for calm after the latest violence sparked by coronavirus-induced panic buying in the country. A video widely shared online shows three women pulling each other’s hair and screaming as they struggle over a large pack of the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Australian clinic closes after doctor tests positive for COVID-19
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SYDNEY: Australian health authorities said on Saturday (Feb 7) they had closed a clinic and were contacting around 70 patients of a doctor who has been diagnosed with coronavirus after recently returning from the United States. The Melbourne-based general practioner returned to Australia on Feb 29. Advertisement Advertisement READ: COVID-19 found on cruise ship as more US
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
No going back after deadly Delhi riots
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NEW DELHI: Hazra Begum has been living in fear since witnessing men chanting Hindu religious slogans hack, bludgeon and burn Muslims to death in Delhi’s worst sectarian riots in decades. Ten days after the violence, she is among 1,000 people at a squalid relief camp too scared to go home, wondering if the mixed Hindu-Muslim
